1. Part 3 - Who is Man? Part B: Genesis 3
New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Inquirer’s Class

2. Last week: The Doctrine of Man The Imago Dei
Man is made uniquely by God
intimately and personally,
and holds a unique position in creation:
a relationship or covenant with God.
And the man and woman
share the glory of their unique creation:
there is equality before God
and within the bond of marriage there are also clear
roles and relationships
with one another.

3. Adam was freely able – to obey or to sin.
(with a will free to choose) 
to serve God to rebel
life death
Adam was freely able – to obey or to sin.

4. A “Covenant of Works” This covenant’s positions:
God’s sovereignty
Man’s responsibility
This covenant’s stipulations:
God will honor the man with life if he obeyed.
The man forfeits the gifts of his life if he disobeys.
A “Covenant of Works”

5. The Fall of Man Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent … The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
The origin of Satan
Noticeable restraint in the Bible
Clearest perception: Job 1-2; Zech. 3:1-2
Closest explanation: Ezekiel 28
Best conclusions
Not an enemy of God (Dualism)
An enemy of man (as a way of attacking God)
The Fall of Man

6. The Fall of Man Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent … The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
“Did God actually say, …
So when the woman saw
that the tree was good for
food, and that it was a
delight to the eyes, and that
the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. (Gen. 3:6-7, ESV)
The Fall of Man

7. The Fall of Man Genesis 3:1 - Now the serpent … The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
The man is responsible.
Adam,
as head of the covenant
is confronted by God
and held accountable.
What did the sin do to the man?
What did God’s curse bring to man?
The Fall of Man

8. Westminster Shorter Catechism #18
Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A.: The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in:
the guilt of Adam’s first sin,
the want of original righteousness, and
the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin,
together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
won’t
Westminster Shorter Catechism #18

9. Man will not:
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9, ESV)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; (Is. 53:6, ESV)
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.” (Rom. 3:10-11, ESV)

10. Westminster Shorter Catechism #19
What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A.: All mankind by their fall
lost communion with God,
are under his wrath and curse,
and so made liable to all the miseries of this life,
to death itself,
and to the pains of hell forever.
can’t
Westminster Shorter Catechism #19

11. Man cannot: No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. (Jn. 6:44, ESV) And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” (Eph. 2:1-3, ESV)

12. A radical change in heart
The Doctrine of Man – the Fall – Gen. 3
The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
The fall of Adam
effected his will.
Now, he does not want
to please God.
A radical change in heart

13. Adam was freely able – to obey or to sin.
(with a will free to choose) 
to serve God to rebel
life death
Adam was freely able – to obey or to sin.

14. (with a will bent to choose)
Adam
(with a will bent to choose) 
to rebel
death

15. Adam had been able to sin, now he is not able not to sin.
 to sin die (not a "free will" any longer but instead, an expensive "won't"!)
Adam had been able to sin, now he is not able not to sin.

16. A radical change in standing
The Doctrine of Man – the Fall
The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
The fall of Adam
effected his will.
Now, he does not want
to please God.
effected his relationship with God.
He cannot please God.
A radical change in standing

17. How does this affect us? The Doctrine of Man – the Fall
The origin of sin
God is not the author of sin.
God hates sin.
The fall of Adam
effected his will.
Now, he does not want
to please God.
effected his relationship with God.
He cannot please God.
How does this affect us?

18. Westminster Shorter Catechism #16
Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
The covenant being made with Adam,
not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation,
sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
Westminster Shorter Catechism #16

19. We share in Adam’s guilt:
“For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, … (Rom. 5:19)
“For as in Adam, all die, …” (1 Cor. 15:22)

20. Who’s Responsible? 1 Cor. 15:22a For as in Adam,        
all die …

21. The effects of the fall we refer to as: Total Depravity We are “The
Addams Family”
(Created by
Charles Addams)

22. Read: Westminster Confession of Faith, ch. 7 And The Gospel of Mark
Homework:

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